"くれ" meaning in Japanese

See くれ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

soft-redirect

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-くれ-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8

Verb

IPA: [kɯ̟ɾe̞] Forms: kure [romanization]
Etymology: /kurejo/ → */kurej/ → /kurei/ → /kureː/ → /kure/ From earlier くれい (kurei). One theory suggests a sound change from くれよ (kureyo), dropping the last vowel, from original kureyo to kurey (= kurei). Compare せい (sei), 来(こ)い (koi). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|くれい}} くれい (kurei), {{ja-r|くれよ}} くれよ (kureyo), {{ja-r|せい}} せい (sei), {{ja-r|来い|こい}} 来(こ)い (koi) Head templates: {{ja-verb form|くれ}} くれ • (kure)
  1. imperative of くれる (kureru, “to give to me, to do for me”) Tags: form-of, imperative Form of: くれる (extra: kureru, “to give to me, to do for me”)
    Sense id: en-くれ-ja-verb-n7C-8kyI Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 63 37 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 63 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 52 48 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of くれる (kureru) [ichidan]
    Sense id: en-くれ-ja-verb-ALWqiITs Categories (other): Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "暗",
    "暮れ",
    "榑",
    "呉",
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Download raw JSONL data for くれ meaning in Japanese (2.1kB)

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